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Chapter 8. Office of the Director
Subchapter 2.2. Procedure Under the Laws Pertaining to the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, the Fresno Metropolitan Transit District, the Greater Bakersfield Metropolitan Transit District, the Marin County Transit District, the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, the Orange County Transit District, the Sacramento Regional Transit District, the San Diego County Transit District, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board, the San Francisco Bay Area Transit District, the San Mateo County Transit District, the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, the Santa Clara County Transit District, the So. California Rapid Transit District, the Stockton Metropolitan Transit District, and the West Bay Rapid Transit Authority

§15805. Petition for Certification.

(a) The investigation of a question concerning representation of employees shall be initiated by the filing of a petition with the service at the nearest office of the service. The service presently maintains offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Fresno and San Diego. Such petition shall be called a petition for certification and is a petition which would arise under paragraph (1)(A)(i) and (1)(B) of Section 9C of the Labor-Management Relations Act. It may be filed by any employee or group of employees or any individual or labor organization acting on their behalf and claiming to represent a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit or by a district.

In the event any petition seeks to include employees covered in whole or in part by an existing collective bargaining agreement between the district and any labor organization, such petition in order to be considered timely must be filed within the period 120 to 90 days, inclusive, prior to the date such collective bargaining agreement is subject to termination, amendment or modification.

(b) Petition fo Decertification. The investigation of a question concerning representation, alleging an individual or labor organization which has been certified or is being currently recognized as the bargaining representative is no longer such representative shall be called a petition for decertification and is one of the type which would arise under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) of Section 9(c) of the Labor-Management Relations Act. It may be filed by any employee or group of employees or any individual or labor organization acting on their behalf and shall be filed with the service as set forth in (a).

(c) Petition for clarification of an existing bargaining unit or petition for amendment of certification. A petition for clarification of an existing bargaining unit or a petition for amendment of certification, in the absence of a question concerning representation, is a petition which would arise under Section 9(b) of the Labor-Management Relations Act. It may be filed by a labor organization or by a district and shall be filed with the service as set forth in (a).